Alfred Booker Jr. Academy student Malaika Fields, 9, works in a classroom of students of various ages Tuesday at the private school in Alexandria.

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The funding source of the Louisiana voucher system was declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court, but local private schools are not worried about the program's future.

"The very clear message we're getting is that the scholarship program will go on as planned and they will find private funds to fund it," said Joseph Weiderholt, principal of St. Frances Cabrini Elementary School in Alexandria. "And we're not supposed to worry."

This message falls in line with a statement from Superintendent of Education John C. White issued May 7 after the court ruled that the funding source of ...